AT&T Inc.s new “Rethink Possible” sales pitch touts grand visions for untethered Internet access and avoids tearing down its top competitor. It could mean a truce to a battle that experts say had no clear winner.
The new campaign, which debuted last weekend during the Masters golf tournament, tells people AT&T can help them simultaneously talk [...]
Palm Inc. has been struggling to compete as consumers flock to such devices as Apple Inc.s iPhone and Research In Motion Ltd.s BlackBerry, so the price cut and addition of some free service could help the company snag bargain-hunting shoppers.
Verizon spokeswoman Brenda Raney said Thursday that Verizon is selling Palms Pre Plus for $50, down [...]
Where its available, FiOS usually provides the only competition for cable TV apart from satellite service. Studies have shown that its entry into an area leads to lower cable prices, though FiOS itself has not been undercutting cable TV prices substantially.
But Verizon is nearing the end of its program to replace copper phone lines with [...]
Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that its supplying a phone for MetroPCS rollout of a wireless technology known as Long Term Evolution, or LTE, starting with cities including Las Vegas in the second half of this year.
Both MetroPCS and Verizon are planning to use LTE, a so-called fourth-generation, or “4G,” wireless technology. Verizon estimates that [...]
Verizon filed a complaint Tuesday with the U.S. International Trade Commission seeking to ban imports of certain digital set-top boxes used by Cablevision. Verizon accuses the cable operator of violating five of its patents, including one on programmable set-top boxes.
Verizon also wants Cablevision to stop offering for sale or lease imported digital set-top boxes that [...]
The number of smartphones like the iPhone, sold by AT&T Inc. in the U.S., may more than double globally by 2013, according to researcher IDC. Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile carrier, and T-Mobile USA Inc. both said this week they will offer the Nexus One, which lets users run multiple programs at once and [...]
Verizon, the biggest U.S. mobile-phone service, will introduce the models this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, said the person, who declined to be named because the announcement hasnt been made public. The Pre and Pixi, currently sold in the U.S. only by Sprint Nextel Corp., will include some changes such as [...]
The Federal Communications Commission will consider an order to close to the so-called “terrestrial loophole,” which allows cable companies to get around access requirements in a 1992 federal cable law by distributing programming over landlines rather than satellite connections.
Cable TV operators including Cox Communications Inc., Cablevision Systems Corp. and Comcast Corp. have relied on the [...]
In November, the carrier hiked the maximum early contract termination fee for smart phones to $350 from $175. Like other carriers, Verizon subsidizes the cost of the devices for contract-signing customers, then expects to make that money back in service fees over the term of the contract.
“Smart phones quickly became a major part [...]
The device will take night photos, have replaceable batteries, and physical keyboard and will run applications simultaneously, according to an advertisement on Verizons Web site. Verizon spokesman Jim Gerace said the company will likely have more to say next week and declined to comment further.
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